Author: lightweaver

The reader and writer are two different personas. They have different outcomes. As a reader, you may choose to laugh, learn, timepass, or be inspired by an author. As a writer, you read an author differently. If you enjoy an author, ask what is working…

Background, setting, landscape contributes to writing. No event or Being is sans context. There exists no Universal Truth about temporal things and beings. In what ways can landscape/s of your essay, story, novel help enrich the reading experience of your piece? One, it can enhance…

Writers often focus on the content – the plot, the characters, character development. What is skipped is the sensory content of the writing, as to how you stimulate your readers, on how you make they participate in the experience of the story. Read this piece…

Many artists wait around for a creative inspiration. I hear them say, “writer’s block” or “feel dull/blank” within. I see them sitting listless, face downcast. Unfortunately, none of this self-talk nor physiology helps you write or create. Creative inspiration is not an entity that exists…

Many people religiously journal. The purpose may be to document what happened, to get-it-off-the-chest, to vent, to have a space to express privately. If it serves you, wonderful. Please continue journaling. However note that journaling doesn’t help decrease suffering unless it meets few conditions. One,…

I first met him during a pre-monsoon shower. The winds had picked up and excited I had stepped out of home to watch dust blowing over the streets. It is a beautiful moment to watch when people forget their worries and become focused on their…

[I am popular on Facebook for my microblog stories. If you read my previous post on using your sense organs you will notice how I use it in writing these articles. You will also notice how I undo class structures and break stereotypes in this article….

Vidya wanted to write. She had wanted to write for a long time. But she was waiting for creative inspiration to begin. You see, some of us think that creative inspiration is a magical spark that happens for reasons beyond us. And others consider it…

As a former academic researcher, I spent years reading dense research articles and attending conferences where scholars spoke about their work exposing inequalities in society – class, caste, religion, disability, race, sexual orientation, age and others. Their work showcased how it affected the way we…